Psychology research recently published in Personality and Individual Differences investigated how often the popular dating platform Tinder was being used to cheat on a partner.
The study found that most Tinder users know someone who has used Tinder to cheat.
Almost a third of the participants thought other people used Tinder to cheat often.
“There has not been a great deal of research on whether Tinder is actually used to facilitate infidelity.
The study of 550 college students who had used or were using Tinder found that about one in five participants admitted to talking with a person on the dating app while in an exclusive romantic relationship.
A minority of the college students even admitted that they had used Tinder to engage in infidelity.
About 9 percent said they had been physically intimate with somebody they met on Tinder while in an exclusive relationship. »